If you are goiing to race in spikes, you should be training in spikes.

He spoke of thick rubber soles and flexable shoes. This is what our shoes should be like. My trainers are spikes that I had a thick rubber soles attached to. Grind off the plate, attach the sole. There are your trainers for dailt running. If you are on grass, go ahead and use the spikes for traction.

Great talk tonight, just confirmed many of the things that I have been implementing into my training.

Also did a good job of debunking some of the tricky #'s games that too many people chase durring training.

the best non physiologically related moment of the night was when lydiard was talking about how he went up to korea to show them his methods, and said, "i tried to eat their food, but it looked like a bowl of snot."

the second best, slightly more related to running, was when he was semi-debunking the theory of training by heart-rate, specifically always taking your morning pulse, and said (something along the lines of) "it'll fluctuate from day to day, depending on who you slept with that night."

The only thing i would say is that he mentioned to just go out and start doing it, but he also mentioned several times how it's a process and how you can go in expecting instant results.

During the marathon training phase he mentioned that you should start with 20 min of easy running and increase every third day, making sure to return to a shorter run the next day until you get up to his base marathon training program.

So, while I think you are right about getting out and doing it, I think Lydiard recognizes the need for a build-up, especially when just starting out.

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